Robotour 2009

Author: Martin Dlouhý & Zbyněk Winkler, 2009-02-06

start from unknown position

The fourth year of this autonomous outdoor robot contest will be held in park
Lužánky, Brno. Besides the new location the novelty is simultaneous start of
all robots from unknown positions. More space will be also dedicated to „free
style” category. From previous years remains obstacle avoidance, payload
delivery and the possibility of robot cooperation. Each team can again deploy
up to 3 machines.

The fourth year of this autonomous outdoor robot contest will be held in park
Lužánky, Brno. Besides the new location the novelty is simultaneous start of
all robots from unknown positions. More space will be also dedicated to „free
style” category. From previous years remains obstacle avoidance, payload
delivery and the possibility of robot cooperation. Each team can again deploy
up to 3 machines.

On 26th of September 2009 there will be ,,The Day of Robotics'' in Brno,
park Lužánky (from 9:30am to 5:30pm). Besides 4th year of international contest
of autonomous outdoor robots: „Robotour - robotika.cz outdoor delivery
challenge”, you will see various exhibits and you could attend thematic
lectures …

The winner of Robotour 2009 is for the second time the team LEE from
Prague. The second place belongs to Roboauto from Brno (with two robots)
and the third place fight out Radiklub Písek, competing with three robots.
Congratulations! Especially 2nd and 3rd places were celebrated that night quite
seriously …